Facebook staff were less willing to talk to the press than dissenters in the Middle East, a reporter says

• An NYT reporter said talking to Middle East dissenters was easier than getting to Meta staff.
• In a new documentary, Sheera Frenkel describes a culture of secrecy within the Facebook owner.
• She says staff who leaked information to reporters were called "rats" internally and publicly fired.

Getting Meta staff to speak was more difficult than finding Middle East dissenters willing to do the same, a reporter told a new documentary about Mark Zuckerberg.